Pseudomulceodens: A Mississippian rostroconch from Mexico

This finding of Pseudomulceodens in Mississippian-age rocks of the Santiago Formation provides the first evidence of the molluscan class Rostroconchia in Mexico. Elsewhere in North American Mississippian rocks the class occurs in Arkansas (Hoare et al., 1982, 1988); Illinois (Weller, 1916); Indiana...

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Published inJournal of paleontology Vol. 74; no. 6; pp. 1184 - 1186
Main Authors Quiroz-Barroso, S. A., Pojeta, John, Sour-Tovar, Francisco, Morales-Soto, Salvador
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.11.2000
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Paleontological Notes
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Summary:This finding of Pseudomulceodens in Mississippian-age rocks of the Santiago Formation provides the first evidence of the molluscan class Rostroconchia in Mexico. Elsewhere in North American Mississippian rocks the class occurs in Arkansas (Hoare et al., 1982, 1988); Illinois (Weller, 1916); Indiana (Beede, 1906); Iowa (White and Whitfield, 1862); Michigan (Winchell, 1870); Montana and Nevada (Pojeta and Runnegar, 1976); Ohio (Hyde, 1953; Hoare, 1990); and Oklahoma (Branson, 1958).
ISSN:0022-3360
1937-2337
DOI:10.1017/S0022336000017716